summarize – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of summarize

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to summarize
Participle: summarized
Gerund: summarizing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Isummarize
yousummarize
he;she;itsummarizes
wesummarize
yousummarize
theysummarize

Perfect

Ihave summarized
youhave summarized
he;she;ithas summarized
wehave summarized
youhave summarized
theyhave summarized

Past

Isummarized
yousummarized
he;she;itsummarized
wesummarized
yousummarized
theysummarized

Pluperfect

Ihad summarized
youhad summarized
he;she;ithad summarized
wehad summarized
youhad summarized
theyhad summarized

Future

Iwill summarize
youwill summarize
he;she;itwill summarize
wewill summarize
youwill summarize
theywill summarize

Future Perfect

Iwill have summarized
youwill have summarized
he;she;itwill have summarized
wewill have summarized
youwill have summarized
theywill have summarized

Subjunctive

Present

Isummarize
yousummarize
he;she;itsummarize
wesummarize
yousummarize
theysummarize

Perfect

Ihave summarized
youhave summarized
he;she;ithave summarized
wehave summarized
youhave summarized
theyhave summarized

Imperfect

Isummarized
yousummarized
he;she;itsummarized
wesummarized
yousummarized
theysummarized

Pluperfect

Ihad summarized
youhad summarized
he;she;ithad summarized
wehad summarized
youhad summarized
theyhad summarized

Conditional

Present

Iwould summarize
youwould summarize
he;she;itwould summarize
wewould summarize
youwould summarize
theywould summarize

Perfect

Iwould have summarized
youwould have summarized
he;she;itwould have summarized
wewould have summarized
youwould have summarized
theywould have summarized

Imperative

yousummarize
weLet's summarize
yousummarize

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam summarizing
youare summarizing
he;she;itis summarizing
weare summarizing
youare summarizing
theyare summarizing

Perfect

Ihave been summarizing
youhave been summarizing
he;she;ithas been summarizing
wehave been summarizing
youhave been summarizing
theyhave been summarizing

Past

Iwas summarizing
youwere summarizing
he;she;itwas summarizing
wewere summarizing
youwere summarizing
theywere summarizing

Pluperfect

Ihad been summarizing
youhad been summarizing
he;she;ithad been summarizing
wehad been summarizing
youhad been summarizing
theyhad been summarizing

Future

Iwill be summarizing
youwill be summarizing
he;she;itwill be summarizing
wewill be summarizing
youwill be summarizing
theywill be summarizing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been summarizing
youwill have been summarizing
he;she;itwill have been summarizing
wewill have been summarizing
youwill have been summarizing
theywill have been summarizing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be summarizing
youwould be summarizing
he;she;itwould be summarizing
wewould be summarizing
youwould be summarizing
theywould be summarizing

Perfect

Iwould have been summarizing
youwould have been summarizing
he;she;itwould have been summarizing
wewould have been summarizing
youwould have been summarizing
theywould have been summarizing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to give a summary of
sum
recapitulate
recap, sum up
to repeat in concise form
abridge, abstract, capsule, concise, docket, encapsulate, epitomize, gist, nutshell, outline, recap, recapitulate, run over, sum, sum up, synopsize, wrap up

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. English summary
3. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
7. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
8. Late Latin -izōder.
9. Middle French -iserbor.
10. Middle English -isen
11. English -ize
12. English summarize
13. From summary + -ize.

Sample Sentences

  • Jim was asked to summarize the document by Wednesday.
  • After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.
  • An old friend summarized the mindset of much of the developed world wryly and succinctly: "We don't need the world, we only need money." In other words, we don't actually need real-world sources of life's essentials that are within our control or a functional biosphere because since we can buy everything we could possibly want or need with money. So, money is all we need. [2026 June 15, Charles Hugh Smith, We Don't Need the World, We Only Need Money:]